Carriage-top



(No Model.)

C. A. KEYSER.

CARRIAGE TOP.

No. 357,485.. P'altented f'eb. 8 1887 D,

ilNiTEn STATES PATENT EEicE.

CARRIAGE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,485, dated February8, 1887.

Application filed April 6, 1886.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KEYsER, of the city of Aiken, in thecounty of Aiken and State of South Carolina, have invented certainImprovements in Carriage or \Vagon Tops, of which the following is aspecification. This invention consists in providing the bowed frames ofa carriage or wagon top with rollers carrying. blinds, the lateral edgesof which are sustained by means of strips, as will hereinafter fullyappear. y In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1is a side View of a wagonbody and the bowed frames of the top providedwith blinds after the manner of my invention. Fig. .2 is an end View ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 consists of two views, on an enlarged scale, of parts ofa top frame and ablind; and Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate certainmodifications in the manner of sustaining the lateral edges of theblinds, as hereinafter described.

A is a wagon-body, and B B are the bowed frames which constitute theskeleton top of the wagon.

O O are rollers, preferably of the spring or self-winding type, havingpintles a a, which rest in brackets D D, secured to the outer frames.These rollers are'placed as closely together as is practicable, and theyextend longitudinally of the wagon. They are protected from the Weatherby means of a hood, E, supported 'in any suitable manner over them. Inthe drawings the hood E is illustrated as sustained by the brackets D D.

r F F are blinds, preferably of leather, attached to the rollers (J Oand. adapted to be wound upon them. It will be seen that these blinds,as they extend the entire length of the skeleton top and are attached torollers situ-- o ated centrally of and at the crown of the bowed frames,which together form the skeleton top, answer the purpose of the covergenerally employed in carriage-tops, and such cover is Serial No.198,020. (No model.)

therefore unnecessary. The lateral edges of the blinds are confined bymeans of strips 12 b to the frames B B.

In Fig. 3 the blind has a plain edge, and the strip b is flat, while inFig. 4. the edge is thickened by folding and the strip curved to form areceptacle for the edge. This latter construction is preferable, as theblind is held more firmly in place.

In Fig. 5 the frame is shown as made of metal, and hollow, so as toreceive the edge of the blind, which is beaded. In this lastconstructionthe independent holding-strip is dispensed with.

In the drawings I have shown the wagon as provided with side blindsonly; but it is evident the.back and front may have blinds correspondingto the ones illustrated. Further, the rollers can have any of thewell-known devices for rolling them, instead of the springs, withoutdeparting from thespirit of theinvention, which extends to theemployment of 6 5 blinds on rollers as applied to a carriage-top.

I claim as my invention 1. In a carriage-top, the combination of bowedframes, rollers situated centrally of and at the crown of the said bowedframes carrying blinds adapted to form the complete cover for the saidtop, and strips to sustain the lateral edges of the said blinds,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a carriage-top, the combination of bowed frames, rollers situatedcentrally of and at the crown of the said bowed frames,carrying blindswhich extend the entire length of the carriage-top, and adapted to formthe complete cover for the said top, and strips to sustain the lateraledges of the said blinds, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

CHARLES A. KEYSER.

Witnesses:

J NO. T. MADDOX,

WM. '1. HOWARD.

